Minus a few showers, what a beautiful sunny long weekend we had. In fact, the sun was out in true Summer style the whole week, like it should be. Which meant plenty of trips to the water trough and water can weight lifting to stop everything withering away. The week started by harvesting some more delicious 'Gardener Delight' tomatoes and 'St George' runner … Continue reading Bank Holiday Sunshine
Landed back home yesterday from our 5 night break to Sorrento, Italy. I never thought I would be saying this but after spending half of the holiday in the hotel room with horrendous food poisoning and a cold, I am so relieved to be back home and on the mend. My highlights before falling ill were … Continue reading Believed, Achieved and now Relieved…
I am loving having a little space to come and share my gardening adventures. I get a lot of 'old lady' jokes when I start talking so passionately about growing vegetables and No.27, but I love the complete process of creating something, watching it grow and seeing the results. This is the same for all aspects of … Continue reading Carrots, Seeds and Holidays….
Today has certainly been filled with excitement and slight anxiety.... Excitement After a trip to my local garden centre for lunch and a browse, I came home and harvested my first carrots which I have grown in containers since the Summer. I bought the seeds through a surprise bundle offer with The Telegraph and Thompson & … Continue reading A day of Excitement and feeling slightly overwhelmed…Part 1
